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TIL the US government detected Chinese nuclear testing in US airspace during the Cold War

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4X7QJ TIL Dr. Charles R. Drew, an African American, developed improved techniques for blood storage, which saved thousands of Allied forces' lives during WWII. In 1942, however, he resigned as director of the first American Red Cross Blood Bank because of their exclusion of African-Americans' blood.
VKBG TIL Feminist actually help change the definition of rape to include men being victims of rape.
9wJDD TIL that the Mary Celeste was found adrift with the crew and one life boat missing. Food, alcohol and personal items were undisturbed. The crew were never found.
Kv8a TIL that Philip J Fry from Futurama is named after Matt Groening’s father “Homer Philip Groening”, not after Phil Hartman.
v1NMK TIL New York City paid more for Central Park than America paid for Alaska.